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Any way to loosen up pedals ?
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I have an older schwinn collegiate 5 speed in quite good condition, very minimal rust. For the life of me I can't get these damn pedals off there doesn't seem to be any rust. I tried turning the right pedal counter-clockwise and will not budge. is there any lube I can put on the pedal similar to wd-40 to help loosen it ?

thanks
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(05-02-2011, 03:23 PM)icecream Wrote:  I have an older schwinn collegiate 5 speed in quite good condition, very minimal rust. For the life of me I can't get these damn pedals off there doesn't seem to be any rust. I tried turning the right pedal counter-clockwise and will not budge. is there any lube I can put on the pedal similar to wd-40 to help loosen it ?

thanks

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Also if you can try and put crank in vise and use a good quality wrench
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#4
bought some pb best stuff ever guys I would have never loosened the pedals w/o it !
thanks so much
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